MadamBreakneck - yeah, I think it will be practice, practice, practice - I *think* I'm slightly too slow in the roundout (because on my earlier attempts I was too fast..) then the transition into the hold off has to be 'exponential' rather than linear and again I'm not quite fast enough there. Too fast sometimes though and the nose starts to rise.. at the risk of over thinking, I think I *slighltly* pull back (a little!) but should probably just pause and let the decaying airspeed allow the nose to lower a little...
Then there's the 'check back' on landing, to stop a hop, and once or twice I've not got that timed right either.
It's frustrating, and my instructor isn't sure if it's just a case of be patient, keep at it, and it'll click, or is there something else he can do - He's been doing a demo of some form on each lesson, and we're on the 5th go now.
It's all about trying not to land, I understand that, but somehow I don't get the timing right of the roundout and hold-off.... so near and yet so far!

Still, I'm an optimist, and this is no hardship in so far as I'm enjoying it despite the landing frustrations, and still love the thrill of leaping up into the air on take off every time

